Amazing that I may get to see the Chills in North America again, although I think the City Winery is a small and fussy venue. Delighted to announce 'Scatterbrain Storms' our first US tour since 2019. We will be joined Jane Weaver, as she embarks on her first US tour. Tickets on sale Friday 20th May (noon EDT): thechills.tix.to/USTour2022 US TOUR 16 Oct: City Winery, New York, NY 18 Oct: Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, Canada 19 Oct: The Magic Bag, Ferndale, MI 21 Oct: Sleeping Village, Chicago, IL 22 Oct: Turf Club, Minneapolis, MN 24 Oct: Marquis Theatre, Denver, CO 27 Oct: Chop Suey, Seattle, WA, US, w/ Jane Weaver 28 Oct: Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR, US, w/ Jane Weaver 30 Oct: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA, US, w/ Jane Weaver 01 Nov: The Echo, Los Angeles, CA, US, w/ Jane Weaver 02 Nov: The Wayfarer, Costa Mesa, CA, US, w/ Jane Weaver 04 Nov: Hotel Congress, Tucson, AZ 06 Nov: Antone’s, Austin, TX 07 Nov: Tulips, Fort Worth, TX 09 Nov: City Winery, Nashville, TN 11 Nov: City Winery, Atlanta, GA 12 Nov: Motorco Theatre, Durham, NC 14 Nov: City Winery, Washington, DC 15 Nov: City Winery, Philadelphia, PA 16 Nov: City Winery, Boston, MA https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64162#msg-64162 Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:12:21 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,65743#msg-65743 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,65743#msg-65743 belfast Trouser Press Wed, 24 May 2023 01:17:05 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64176#msg-64176 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64176#msg-64176 -------------------------------------------------------
> I've gotten to the point in my concert-going life
> where (a) I'd like there to be seating and (b) I'm
> really tired of the cliche of the rock & roll
> shithole.

Ding! Ding! We've got a winner. When I saw the Chills announcement, I realized that the majority of the shows that I plan to go this year are at the City Winery. As I told my wife, as we get old so do the artists that we like and the audiences that will go see them aren't keen on going to the typical rock and roll club.

FWIW, I've seen some not so typical artists at the City Winery - Richard Lloyd, Supersuckers, Fleshtones and Bush Tetras

Though, when I saw Stick Men there, Tony Levin made a joke about what kind of wine would go well with their music. Considering one of their albums is Prog Noir, he went with the Pinot.]]> Heff Trouser Press Thu, 19 May 2022 22:07:03 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64175#msg-64175 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64175#msg-64175 Michael Toland Trouser Press Thu, 19 May 2022 21:48:08 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64173#msg-64173 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64173#msg-64173 the eXTC show in Seattle. What we might be overlooking, of course, is that those dives may impart a sense of authenticity or hipness to the event, but they're often real hardships for the band to play, with lousy acoustics, few to no amenities, and a setup that makes the logistics of load-in and load-out a real pain in the ass.

When I saw Japandroids a few years ago, I looked over the North American itinerary on the backs of the t-shirts at the swag booth, and asked the young woman at the booth how the shows in the Deep South had gone. She said they'd been great, and especially singled out The Saturn, in Birmingham. "The staff there was so nice to us ... and it's really a treat to play a club that has showers backstage!"]]> Delvin Trouser Press Thu, 19 May 2022 21:12:12 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64170#msg-64170 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64170#msg-64170 zwirnm Trouser Press Thu, 19 May 2022 19:21:45 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64168#msg-64168 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64168#msg-64168 Post-Punk Monk Trouser Press Thu, 19 May 2022 15:48:08 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64167#msg-64167 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64167#msg-64167 rhettlawrence Trouser Press Thu, 19 May 2022 15:05:25 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64166#msg-64166 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64166#msg-64166
They've been on the endangered species list in Seattle for years now. Chop Suey, El Corazon, and even the Showbox have been threatened by developers who've seen their sites as ideal places for new apartment buildings. (The developer who wanted to buy out El Corazon actually "promised" to re-open the club on the ground floor of the new building there. Yeah, like people paying high rental prices in downtown Seattle want to walk through loitering crowds of punks, metalheads or juggaloes on their way into our out of their apartment building in the evenings.) The Crocodile moved to a new location, a few blocks away, to avoid that fate.]]> Delvin Trouser Press Thu, 19 May 2022 14:18:10 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64165#msg-64165 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64165#msg-64165 zwirnm Trouser Press Thu, 19 May 2022 01:39:34 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64163#msg-64163 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64163#msg-64163
"Heavenly Pop Hit" really is heavenly, tho alas was not much of a pop hit. I just revisited it (again) the other day.]]> MrFab Trouser Press Wed, 18 May 2022 21:29:58 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64162#msg-64162 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64162,64162#msg-64162
Delighted to announce 'Scatterbrain Storms' our first US tour since 2019. We will be joined Jane Weaver, as she embarks on her first US tour. Tickets on sale Friday 20th May (noon EDT): thechills.tix.to/USTour2022

US TOUR
16 Oct: City Winery, New York, NY
18 Oct: Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, Canada
19 Oct: The Magic Bag, Ferndale, MI
21 Oct: Sleeping Village, Chicago, IL
22 Oct: Turf Club, Minneapolis, MN
24 Oct: Marquis Theatre, Denver, CO
27 Oct: Chop Suey, Seattle, WA, US, w/ Jane Weaver
28 Oct: Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR, US, w/ Jane Weaver
30 Oct: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA, US, w/ Jane Weaver
01 Nov: The Echo, Los Angeles, CA, US, w/ Jane Weaver
02 Nov: The Wayfarer, Costa Mesa, CA, US, w/ Jane Weaver
04 Nov: Hotel Congress, Tucson, AZ
06 Nov: Antone’s, Austin, TX
07 Nov: Tulips, Fort Worth, TX
09 Nov: City Winery, Nashville, TN
11 Nov: City Winery, Atlanta, GA
12 Nov: Motorco Theatre, Durham, NC
14 Nov: City Winery, Washington, DC
15 Nov: City Winery, Philadelphia, PA
16 Nov: City Winery, Boston, MA]]> zwirnm Trouser Press Wed, 18 May 2022 21:18:13 +0000